Professor Modern Literature and Cultural Studies

Professor Robinson served as Chair of English from 1991  to 2004. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington and taught for twenty years at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He teaches modern literature and has written three books in his field, the most recent being The Man in the Bowler Hat: His History and Iconography. He is at work on a study of the interculture of Ireland and America, initially funded by a project-based USD University Professorship. Since 1994 he has occasionally reviewed books on cultural studies for the New York Times Book Review. He has received Distinguished Teaching Awards from both UMass and USD. Professor Robinson is also departmental liaison to the USD/Old Globe Theatres MFA in Acting program, in which he teaches Modern Drama.